Refinisher



E. S. HESS.

REFINISHEH. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1'922- 1,430,652, Patented Oct. 3,1922,

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l Application iled. April l, 1922. Serial No. 548,701. y Tov all whomimag concern: tion; Figi is a tace view oi the saine; Be it known thatl, EDWIN S. tlnsswa Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section oit the same;

citizen of the United States, and residing.;- in Fig. 3 is a transversesection or the the borough ol Bellevue, in 'the `county oi `and lling.1l is an enlarged detail showing the 5 Allegheny and State ofPennsylvanimhave manner et producingI the coarser and .liner Y55invented' or discovered the new, uselul, and barbs. .improvedldelinisher, ot which the 'lolloiving 'llie following;v is a detaileddescription ot is a` specification; v the drawings. i

lily invention consists in a 'new and imi The instrument :formed ot apiece or i0-` proved implement for treating and relinislr- `blanli oitsheet steel, bent up in holloiv '"'o in GO ing textiles and the like. fharingh its iront end tapered to a relat The object which l have invieriy is the sliarp'point. rwEhe edges ol: the metal. overprovision ofan implement ivhiclr may be lap along the baci; et the implement andused to bring out or restore the nap ot ,cloth may be soldered ci'welded together. rl`he and'other textiles; to restore the tlulliness oliiront or Working taceot the implement is e@ blankets andthe like atterWashing or provided with two cha acters ol'barbsoarser cleansing; 'forremoving` larvae and other barbs l and liner bai/'bs 2. rl`hese barbsmay foreign matter trom fuis, and lor simile be conveniently 'termed bypunching` out the purposes. i inietal, as better shown in lle. Thecoarser ZO` Generally speaking my invention consists barbs eiztendrtroni `the front or pointed end 70 of a hand implement which may be conoit the instrument toivard its base, While the veniently used for thesepurposes in the liner .barss are located near the base ot the home orshop.` f instrument, and preterably in the menner `ln its preferredAl'orm it comprises a sheet shoivn, cov ring triangular space *with itsmetal implement Whose Working tace is base` toivard the base et theinsti unent and4 75 *s provided With barbs, preferably struclr tromentendin' 'for substantially the vlul width oi the metal, oit'varyinfineness. Thus l prethe instrument(` rllhus at the side edges of vfer toprovide coarser 'barbs to abrade the the instrument the coarser barbsentend :tor 'threads ot a garment Worn smoothV and nearly yits fulllength.' The base extremity so' shiny, and liner barbs to comb the newnap ofthe instrument is preferably o 'cupied by 8O produced by abrasionand remove loose ma4 thetransversely disposed plane, smoothing terial,and .l alsowpreter. to providev a portion El, which is preferablyslightly below i smooth, unbarbedrportion to. smooth the `the level olfthe barbs, so that When the latter l combed nap. f i are sunkeninto thecloth the plane portion l The Acoa'rsei barbs are preferably so'l dis- 3vill traveloyer the surface oit the cloth. 85

posed with relation to the hner `barbsy 'that i When used torrelinishing` Worn cloth, the

When the implement is movedovertlie sur-` implement is moved over thesurface o'l` the face of the-cloth, the coarser barbs are` inclothfivitli the pointed end foremost, the advance sothat the formationott the neiv coarsei barbs first engaging the cloth and liownap, itscombing and its smoothingare .abrading its `threads to form a new nap,90 progressively accomplished as the implement f which nevv nap is nextengaged by the liner is used. `llowevei'9 l provide such a lative barbswhich comb the saine and remove any disposal of the barbs thatby movingthe loose material, and the `plane suritace then implement :in adirection transverse to that passes `over and smooths the cor-:ibed nap.above described, the coarse barbs will en llllhen the implement is-to beused, tor in- 95 frage the Cloth tor substantially the -lull en stance,to bring out the nap oi" carpet or tent ot tlieimplenient. rugs, insteadoi beingf moved with its ln the accom aan rino' draivines, whichDoint'ed end at the :tr-entr it is moved laterally :n n l 1 illustrate aconvenient and advantageous or in a direction transverse to that abovede.- 5`o embodiment ot the principles ot my inv-en scribed, so that thecoarser barbs eng the ioo carpet for the full extent of the implement.

To enable the instrument to be used conveniently I provide its back withthe looped handle 4.

I have found the implement of great advantage7 being enabled therewithto renisn with a new and most satisfactory nap, garments which have wornsmooth and shiny from years of use. The provision of the sharply pointedend enables the implement to be worked in between and around buttons,trimmings and the like.

I have also found the implement of great advantage for renovating furs,the fur being freed from learvae of moths and from other insects, andthe smoothness and gloss being entirely restored.

lVhat l desire to claim is:`

barbs', g arranged according to different degrees of iineness in such amanner that when the implement is passed over thessurtace of cloth thecoarser barbs lirst abrade the threads to form a new nap and the linerbarbs then comb the nap and remove loose material.

` 2. An implement for the purposes described provided on its workingface with barbs, said barbs being arranged according to differentdegrees of iineness in such a remove loose material, being furtherprovided with following the combed nap.

triangular form, the apex of the working tace being provided withcoarser barbs for abrading the threads of cloth to form a new nap whilethe base of said face is provided with kfiner barbs for combing the newnap and removing loose material.

4.15m implement :tor the purposes described provided with aworking faceof triangular form, the apex of the working face being provided withcoarser barbs for abrading the threads of cloth to forma new nap whilethe base'of said face is provided with finer barbs for combing the newnap and removing loose material, and said implement being furtherprovided with a plane portion following the finer barbs to smooth thecombed nap.

5. Any implement for the purposes described provided on its working facewith barbs, said barbsy being arranged according to degrees of inenesswhereby by passing the implement in the proper direction over thesurface of cloth the coarser barbs abrade the threads of the cloth toformv a `rection transverse to that new nap while the finer barbs followto comb the new nap and remove loose material, the coarser barbs beingextended down alongside of the finer barbs so that when the implement ismoved over material in a diabove described the coarser barbs will engagefor substantially the full extent of the imp-lement.

6. An implement for the purposes described provided on its working facewith barbs, said barbs being arranged according to degrees of finenesswhereby by passing the implement in the proper direction over thesurface of cloth the coarser barbs abrade the threads of the cloth toform a new nap while the finer barbs follow to comb the new nap4 andremove loose material, the

coarser barbs will engage for substantially metal into hollow form'witha working face tapered toward one end, the workingr face of saidimplement being provided with barbs by punching out themetal.

8. An implement for t-he purposes described produced by bending up asheet of metal into hollow form with a working face tapered toward oneend, the working face of the implement being provided with barbs bypunching out the metal, the barbs adjacent to the tapered end beingcoarserthan those adjacent to the .other end of said im-v plement. v

9. An implement for the scribed produced by bending up a sheet of metalinto hollow form with a working facek tapered toward one end, theworkingV face of the implement being provided with barbs by punching outthe metal, the barbs adjacent to the tapered end being coarser thanthose adjacent to the other end of saidimplement, and the last named endof said iinpurposes deplement being provided with a plane pore tion forthe lpurpose described. 10. An implement for the purposes deface of saidinstru# metal into hollovs7 form tapered to a poini'I alongside of thefiner barbs toward the butt at one end, the Working face of saidinstruend of said implement, and the butt end of ment being providedwith punched out said implement being provided with a. plane l0 barbs,the barbs toward tbe tapered end of smooth portion for the purposedescribed.

5 said implement being coareer than those Signed ar Pittsburgh, Pa.,this 29th day toward the butt end of said implement, of March, 1922. butsaid coarser barbs being extended EBWTlN S. HESS.

